If Canada had a soul (a doubtful proposition, Moses thought) then it wasn't to be found in Batoche or the Plains of Abraham or Fort Walsh or Charlottetown or Parliament Hill, but in The Caboose and thousands of bars like it that knit the country together from Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, to the far side of Vancouver Island. Mordecai Richler
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Adele's song "Rolling in the deep" is about the feeling of camaraderie between people on a trip. The song speaks about people who are traveling on a train and enjoying the company of their fellow travelers. The song also speaks about how people can bond together with just a smile.

Source: Solomon Gursky Was Here

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